Convertible toy



April 3, 1928. 1,665,043

w. E. STARK CONVERTIBLE TOY Filed Dec. 50, 1925 BY ,L

W a ATTORNEYS liatented Apr. 3, 1928. I 7

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE."

WALTER E. STARK, OF NEW YORK, N. Y.

couvnnrnam TOY.-

Applioation filed December 30, 1926. Serial No. 157,978.

Another object of the invention is to provide a convertible toy havingtwo bases or supports, each base or support constituting the feet of onecreature and the tail of another creature, whereby the toy whensupported on one base will represent one creature and when supported onthe other base will represent another and different creature.-

Another object of the invention is to provide a toy having two bases orsupports and of such outline that when shifted from one base or supportto the other the back of one creature becomes the front. of the other,and the front of one creature becomes the back of the other.

There are other important objects and advantages of the invention whichwill appear hereinafter.

In the drawings Fig. 1 is a perspective view of the toy resting on oneof its bases and representing a rabbit;

Fig. 2 a similar view of the toy resting on the other one of its basesand representing a duck;

Fig. 3 is a side elevation of the toy resting on one of its bases andrepresenting a rabbit; and I Fig. 4. a similar view of the toy restingon its other base and representing a duck.

Referring to the various parts by numerals, 1 designates a block,preferably a block of wood, of such outline as to provide two bases orsupports 2 and 3, and a head portion 4. The bases or supports 2 and 3are of such outline that the base 2 represents the feet of a rabbit andthe base 3 the tail thereof. The head portion 4 is of such outline thatwhen the block is resting on the base 2 the part 5 of the head portionconstitutes the ears of the rabbit and the part 6 the nose thereof. Theoutline 7 represents the front of the rabbit and the outline 8 the backthereof. 9 designates the eye of the rabbit when the toy is set up asshown in Figs. 1 and 3.

When the toy is set up on the base 3 the said base then constitutes thefeet of a duck and the base 2 becomes the tail of the duck. The outline7 becomes the back of the duck and the outline 8 becomes thefront part"becomes the bill thereof. The head part 5 of the duck and the head part6 constitutes the back of the head of'the duck. The eye part 9 becomesthe eye of the duck when he toy is supported on the base 3, as shownclearly in Figs. 2 and 4.

The invention may .be worked out *in a varlety of ways. In the drawingsI have lllustrated a toy which in one position represents an animal andin another position represents a bird. It is obvious that the blocks maybe cut out to represent other creatures and things, the essentialfeature of the 1nvent1on being that the outline of the toy must be suchthat-when arranged in one position it represents one animal orthing andwhen arranged in another position 1t represents another and differentannual or thing. i

The toy as represented in the drawings,

and as described herein, is formed with a duplex body part, a duplexhead part at one end of the bodypart and a duplex base part at the otherend of the body part. The duplex base part comprises the tails and feetof the rabbit and the duck and form the supports on which the toy may beset. When the toy is set up as arabbit it faces in one direction andwhen it is set up as a (luck it faces in the opposite direction. Thefeet and tail parts are close together and are arranged at an angle toeach other.

What I claim is: I

1. A convertible toy comprising a duplex body part, a duplex head part,and a duplex port, each support part constituting the feet of onecreature and the tail of the other.

2. A convertible t'oy'comprising a duplex body part, a duplex head part,and a duplex base part, the ass part forming two supports ori each ofWhICh the toy may be supported in an upright position, the whole outlineof the toy in side elevation being formed to represent one creature whenset on one support and formed to represent another and differentcreature when'i'set on its other su port, each support part constitutingthe wt of one creature and the tail of the other, the line of the backof the body prising a duplex b part of one creature becoming the line ofthe front of the body of the other creature when the toy is shifted fromone support 'to the other.

.3. A selfsustainin convertible toy comy part, a duplex head partfiatone end of the body part and .a duplex base part forming two bases orsupports on each of which the toy may be set in an upright position,said two supports being-arranged at an angle --to each other and sopositioned that when the toy is supported on one support itfaces inonedirection and when it is supported on the other support it faces in theopposite direction,

the whole outline of the toy in side ele the other.

4. A selfsustaining convertible toy comprising a duplex body part, aduplex head part at one end of the'body part, and a,

duplex tail and feet part at the other end of the body part, said duplextail and feet part formin two supports on each of which the toy may besupported in an upright position, the whole outline of the toy beingformed to represent a duck when supported on one support and formed torepresent a rabbit when supported on its other support, the feet of theduck being formed to constitute the tail of the rabbit and the tail ofthe rabbit being formed to constitute the feet of the duck.

5. A selfsustaining convertible toy comprising a duplex body part, aduplex head part at one end of the body part, and a duplex tail and feetart at the other end of the body part, sai duplex tail and feet partformin two supports on each of which the toy may e supported in anupright position, the 'whole outline of the toy being i the duck, andthe back of the rabbit becoming the front of the duck and the front ofthe rabbit becoming the back of the duck when the toy is supported onthe feet of the duck.

6. A selfsustainin convertible toy com prising a, duplex body part, aduplex head part, and a duplex tail and feet part, said duplex tail andfeet part forming two supports on caclnof which the toy may be supportedin an upright position the Whole outline of the toy being formed torepresent a bird when set on one support and formed to represent ananimal when set out its other support.

7. A self-sustaining convertible toy comprising a body formed with aduplex head part and a duplex tail and feet portion, at the oppositepart of the body from the head part, the duplex tail and feet partforming two supports on each of which the toy may be supported in anupright position, the outline of the toy in side elevation being formedto represent one creature when set on one support and to representanother and different creature when set on its other support, and eachsupport forming-the tail of one creature and the feet of another.

8. A se1f-sustaining convertible multiple toycomprising a multiplexbodypart formed with a multiplex head part and a multiplex tail and feetportion at the opposite art of the body from the head part, the mutiplex tail and feet part forming a plurality of supports on each ofwhich the toy may be supported in an upright position, the outline ofthe toy in side elevation being formed to represent differentcreatureswhen set on the different supports and each support forming thetail of one creature and the feet of another.

In testimony whereof I hereunto aflix my signature.

WALTER E. STARK.

